‘a beautiful place to develop your business in russia’
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1 SKOLKOVO INNOVATION ECOSYSTEM is…
2 HOW TO GET THERE?
3 JUST 4 EASY STEPS…
www.sk.ru Application evaluation on formal grounds
Review by Expert Board
Documents preparation
4 WHAT IF I AM NOT RUSSIAN?
5
Business incubation Company creation
SOFTLANDING IN SKOLKOVO
A special program supporting foreign innovation companies in entering Russian and international markets using Skolkovo’s Russian and international partner network.
Project application
1 2 3
• get the green light
• apply online
• get the participant status
COMPANY CREATION (1 MONTH) • know-how
• prepare documents
• open company and bank account
BUSINESS INCUBATION (6 MONTHS)
• grant for 75% of initial budget
• free seats in co-working
• strategy, IP, HR, PR support and more…
PROJECT APPLICATION (1 MONTH)
6 WHAT DO I GET?
7 TAX BENEFITS
14% obligatory social payments
0% income tax
0% VAT
0% property tax
0% reimbursement of VAT and
customs tariffs on imported
research equipment
8
Fulfillment of pending
conditions, transfer of
grant money
Grant committee:
2/3 – independent
members
External expert review:
independent expert panel
Internal expert review
Formal review
Submission of application
and memorandum
EASY, TRANSPAREN AND CLEARLY DEFINED PROCEDURES
APPLICATION THROUGH THE WEBSITE
DECISION MADE BY INDEPENDENT EXPERT BOARD
UP TO 100,000 EURO WITH ZERO CO-FINANCING
UP TO 6 MLN EURO WITH 75% OF CO-FINANCING
GRANT FINANCING
9 SKOLKOVO TECHNOPARK
R&D SERVICES AND LABORATORY INFRASTRUCTURE
OFFICE RENT
BUSINESS SERVICES
CONSULTING AND CALL CENTER SERVICES
10 PROTECTION OF SKOLKOVO STARTUPS IP RIGHTS
PATENT PRACTICE • Patenting in Russia and abroad • Patenting of IT solutions • Patent search • Patent landscaping and
development of IP protection strategy
LEGAL PRACTICE • Contractual work on IP cases • Development of internal
documents and provisions related to IP issues
• Protection of IP rights
SKOLKOVO IP CENTER SUPPORTS OUR STARTUPS IN PROTECTING IPs
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Like each other
Skolkovo Mentoring Program
• Start: July 2014 • Projections for 2015: 200-300 mentors, 100 – 150 pairs “mentor + protégé”
For a mentor…
For a startup…
Skolkovo Mentoring Program: 3.5 STEPS TO SUCCESS
1 2 Fill in a questionnaire at MENTOR.SK.RU
Pass approval by experts of SK 3 Choose a startup
1 2 Become a Skolkovo Resident
Fill in a questionnaire at MENTOR.SK.RU 3 Choose a mentor
12 INVESTORS IN SKOLKOVO
70 Largest Russian and international venture
funds with Skolkovo accreditation
“Soft” commitments by accredited venture
funds are of 654 million USD
Actual investments by accredited venture funds
in Skolkovo startup companies are of 110 million
USD
Skolkovo develops business angel community.
Investment for the 9 months of 2014 are of 585
thousand USD
Total value of investments attracted to
Skolkovo startup companies is 234 million USD
13 INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS IN SKOLKOVO
Skolkovo already attracted 50
industrial partners – major
Russian and international
companies
37 Industrial partners committed
to set up an R&D center in
Skolkovo
Total office and laboratory
facilities, arranged for
placement of R&D centers is
129,000sq.m.
Total budget of R&D centers,
committed by industrial partners
of Skolkovo, is 73 million USD
R&D centers will account for at
least one forth of the total
workplaces in the ecosystem -
4400
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15 SKOLKOVO TECHNOPARK
16 SKOLTECH
17 APARTMENTS
18 TRANSPORT HUB
19 OFFICE BUILDING
20 BUSINESS CENTER
21 R&D CENTER OF ONE OF OUR MAJOR PARTNERS
22 DOUBTS? CHECK IT…
THE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! at WWW.STARTUPVILLAGE.RU
JUNE 2-3, 2015